wild vähäheikkilä
Turku (FI ) - Runner-up

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INTERVIEW
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1. How do you define the main issues of your project in relation with the theme “Re-sourcing”? Re-sourcing thanks to nature, to social dynamics, to new materiality? In which way do you think your project can contribute to an ecological and/or social evolution? And in which way do you think your project can be called a “regenerative project”?
The project defines re-sourcing as development driven by existing spatial, material, social and ecological assets. Nature, built heritage and social networks are treated as active resources. By reusing structures, enabling participation and fostering diversity, the project supports ecological cycles and social resilience, making it regenerative rather than extractive.
2. How did the issues of your design and the questions raised by the site mutation meet?
This emerged directly from the site’s ongoing transformation from an industrial area to a mixed urban ecosystem. Existing structures, landscapes and informal uses guided the design logic. Instead of imposing a fixed outcome, the project responds to change through a learning framework that adapts as the site evolves.
PROJECT:
The significance of such transformation areas is becoming increasingly important due to the limited resources and ecological aspects. At the same time, these existing areas always bring with them very individual problems, but especially potential. It is important to find the right framework for each location and to scale the measures in line with actual demands. A comparable project that caos caos is working on at the moment is Krøgenes in Norway (Europan 17 win) which is also about the transformation of a former industrial site into an urban and productive part of the city.
SITE:
Bruksstaden is a very large area that cannot be transformed just in a single, hasty move. This transformation requires a gentle and inclusive process. It is precisely this process that caos caos have been working on from the very beginning in the creation of the concept ‚life in progress'. The transformation of Bruksstaden will be a living lab. This does not intend a fixed plan, but an adaptive development of the areas. In this process, planned implementations can be adapted, changed, tested and evaluated, and new typologies can be experimentally explored. Instead of a classical plan in the top-down principle, the overall development can thus be optimally co-designed by the owners, developers and, of course, the actual users. This ensures a sustainable approach that adapts to the needs of the people and users.
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caos caos is a young studio that develops solutions for a livable and sustainable future through its holistic approach. Our planning should not be understood as a rigid or finished product, but rather as a resilient and flexible impulse that can respond individually to changing needs of people, climate and the environment. Our designs create a structure that enables communities to develop naturally, dynamically and vibrantly within it. All these diverse impacts and changes give rise to an organically grown chaos. We embrace this chaos as an ecosystem that needs to be understood.
6. How could this prize help you in your professional career?
caos caos is very delighted to been awarded for our proposal 'life in progress - reincarnation of bruksstaden’ in Sweden and also 'wild vähäheikkilä' in Finland in the Europan 18 competition and we hope that it will serve as the foundation for further successful cooperation with the cities and the private owners. The winning design in Eslöv stands for a flexible and resilient process, which is exactly what we now want to further develop together with all parties involved and thus co-design the future of Bruksstaden. Next to our awarded proposals we looking forward to work on new projects where we can shape and implement our vision of a landscape-based urbanism together with and for the people and the environment.
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Average age of the associates: 35 years old
Has your team, together or separately, already conceived or implemented some projects and/or won any competition? if so, which ones?
E15 - Winner - Bergische Kooperation, DE
E16 - Klagenfurt, AT
E17 - Winner - Krøgenes, NO
E18 - Winner - Eslöv. SE
E18 - Runner up - Turku, FI
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